WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:15.620 Our reading starts at page 1136 of the Church Bible and it's Romans chapter 9 verse 30 and 00:00:15.620 --> 00:00:21.660 I'm reading straight through to chapter 10 verse 13. So that's page 1136. 00:00:23.980 --> 00:00:29.240 What then shall we say that the Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness have obtained it, 00:00:29.239 --> 00:00:35.199 a righteousness that is by faith? But Israel, who pursued a law of righteousness, has not attained it. 00:00:35.879 --> 00:00:42.859 Why not? Because they pursued it not by faith, but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the 00:00:42.859 --> 00:00:51.140 stumbling stone, as it is written, See, I lay in Zion a stone that causes men to stumble and a rock 00:00:51.140 --> 00:00:58.079 that makes them fall, and the one who trusts in him will never be put to shame. Brothers, my heart's 00:00:58.079 --> 00:01:04.280 desire and prayer to God for the Israelites is that they may be saved. For I can testify about them 00:01:04.280 --> 00:01:10.799 that they are zealous for God, but their zeal is not based on knowledge, since they did not know the 00:01:10.799 --> 00:01:16.500 righteousness that comes from God and sought to establish their own. They did not submit to God's 00:01:16.500 --> 00:01:22.700 righteousness. Christ is the end of the law so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes. 00:01:22.700 --> 00:01:29.340 Moses describes in this way the righteousness that is by the law. The man who does these things will 00:01:29.340 --> 00:01:36.159 live by them. But the righteousness that is by faith says, Do not say in your heart, Who will ascend into 00:01:36.159 --> 00:01:43.780 heaven? That is, to bring Christ down. Or who will descend into the deep? That is, to bring Christ up from the 00:01:43.780 --> 00:01:50.640 dead. But what does it say? The word is near you. It is in your mouth and in your heart. That is, 00:01:50.640 --> 00:01:55.840 the word of faith we are proclaiming. That if you confess with your mouth Jesus is Lord, 00:01:56.239 --> 00:02:01.760 and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your 00:02:01.760 --> 00:02:07.859 heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved. 00:02:08.460 --> 00:02:14.500 As the scripture says, anyone who trusts in him will never be put to shame. For there is no difference 00:02:14.500 --> 00:02:20.240 between Jew and Gentile. The same Lord is Lord of all, and richly blesses all who call on him. 00:02:20.639 --> 00:02:24.139 For everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. 00:02:30.239 --> 00:02:38.479 Thanks very much, Trish. So keep your Bibles open, have a pen at hand, and you can take notes as we 00:02:38.479 --> 00:02:39.979 go along. 00:02:39.979 --> 00:02:49.979 Again, if you would like a summary of Romans chapter 9 to 11, then you can look that up on the church 00:02:49.979 --> 00:02:57.620 website. On one of the recent posts, you will see that there's a couple of articles there which gives 00:02:57.620 --> 00:03:04.139 a summary, and that might just help you to remember all that it's about. So you can look that up on the 00:03:04.139 --> 00:03:07.039 church website. Let's pray then and ask for God's help. 00:03:15.039 --> 00:03:17.059 Father, we thank you for the privilege 00:03:17.059 --> 00:03:19.839 of having your word. 00:03:19.840 --> 00:03:30.819 Lord, we thank you, too, that you have given to us your Holy Spirit, who is the ultimate teacher, 00:03:31.900 --> 00:03:41.180 the one who not only gives us understanding in our minds, but applies it to our hearts, the one who 00:03:41.180 --> 00:03:52.180 changes us, and the one who helps us to see who Jesus is and what he has done. And so we pray now for his help. 00:03:52.980 --> 00:03:55.819 May your power be at work amongst us individually. 00:03:57.180 --> 00:03:59.580 Would you be at work in our families? 00:03:59.580 --> 00:04:03.580 And will you be at work within this church family? 00:04:04.760 --> 00:04:11.800 Would you be pleased to do your work so that it brings honour and glory to you? 00:04:14.300 --> 00:04:17.560 We pray this in Jesus' name. Amen. 00:04:17.560 --> 00:04:17.639 Amen. 00:04:21.780 --> 00:04:28.899 Well, when the madness and the busyness of the day is over, and you're lying awake in bed, 00:04:30.540 --> 00:04:33.579 what do you dream of for your life? 00:04:34.779 --> 00:04:38.240 What do you most long for and want? 00:04:39.399 --> 00:04:41.360 A peaceful and easier life? 00:04:41.959 --> 00:04:43.980 A better job and a bigger home? 00:04:45.500 --> 00:04:46.939 Or what about your children? 00:04:47.560 --> 00:04:50.319 What is your desire for your children? 00:04:51.459 --> 00:04:55.480 What above all else do you want them to have? 00:04:56.379 --> 00:04:57.480 A good education? 00:04:58.600 --> 00:05:00.240 A stable job? 00:05:01.459 --> 00:05:02.500 A happy life? 00:05:04.139 --> 00:05:06.800 Or what about those who are closest to you? 00:05:07.279 --> 00:05:08.000 Your friends? 00:05:09.100 --> 00:05:10.639 What's your longing for them? 00:05:11.300 --> 00:05:15.360 What do you see as the most important thing for them in their life? 00:05:15.360 --> 00:05:18.360 An end to an illness, maybe? 00:05:19.560 --> 00:05:21.240 Or them finding a partner? 00:05:23.720 --> 00:05:28.980 Well, if we are followers of the Lord Jesus, there should be one main desire. 00:05:28.980 --> 00:05:31.700 Look at chapter 10, verse 1. 00:05:31.700 --> 00:05:45.140 Brothers and sisters, my heart's desire and prayer to God for the Israelites, for those who are closest to me, my people, 00:05:45.139 --> 00:05:51.139 my heart's desire and prayer to God is that they may be saved. 00:05:52.099 --> 00:06:02.199 The one thing that keeps me awake at night, the one thing that consumes my thinking by day and shapes my prayers, 00:06:02.199 --> 00:06:07.319 is that those who I know and love would become Christians. 00:06:07.959 --> 00:06:12.740 My dream and my desire is that they are saved. 00:06:12.740 --> 00:06:21.319 You see, for us to experience God's salvation means to be free from all of our guilt and shame, 00:06:21.780 --> 00:06:25.300 to be forgiven of all of our sin, past, present and future, 00:06:25.540 --> 00:06:30.220 to be welcomed in and treasured as one of God's own children, 00:06:30.620 --> 00:06:37.180 and to be given the promise of life in his new creation for all eternity. 00:06:37.180 --> 00:06:45.800 Not to be saved means to face God's just and fair judgment, 00:06:45.800 --> 00:06:48.840 to be shut out from God's presence, 00:06:49.220 --> 00:06:52.420 to be cut off from all that is good and beautiful. 00:06:52.860 --> 00:06:56.879 It will be hell itself for all eternity. 00:06:56.879 --> 00:07:07.159 And so the one controlling desire is that our friends and our family are saved. 00:07:08.579 --> 00:07:10.339 And here's the good news. 00:07:11.500 --> 00:07:15.839 There's a wonderful promise in chapter 10 verse 13. 00:07:16.159 --> 00:07:17.000 Do you see it there? 00:07:18.040 --> 00:07:24.819 Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. 00:07:24.819 --> 00:07:32.800 Not some people, not a privileged few, not a special select group, 00:07:33.040 --> 00:07:36.219 but look at verse 10 or verse 13. 00:07:36.699 --> 00:07:42.620 Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. 00:07:43.219 --> 00:07:46.319 You see, whatever our dreams and desires are, 00:07:46.319 --> 00:07:53.379 God's heart is that everyone would hear the good news 00:07:53.379 --> 00:07:58.879 and experience the salvation that he has to offer. 00:08:01.040 --> 00:08:04.100 So there's this wonderful invitation, 00:08:04.740 --> 00:08:10.240 but it comes with three conditions, 00:08:10.959 --> 00:08:13.060 and we're going to look at them each one. 00:08:13.060 --> 00:08:16.300 An open invitation, but three conditions. 00:08:16.920 --> 00:08:17.899 Here's the first one. 00:08:18.639 --> 00:08:23.220 There is only one way to receive salvation. 00:08:23.920 --> 00:08:25.920 Only one way to receive salvation. 00:08:26.300 --> 00:08:27.740 Now this comes in two parts. 00:08:27.840 --> 00:08:28.780 There's the first part. 00:08:28.879 --> 00:08:31.959 We receive it by faith and not works. 00:08:32.080 --> 00:08:32.940 Look at verse 30. 00:08:33.039 --> 00:08:34.399 Chapter 9, verse 30. 00:08:35.720 --> 00:08:38.639 Having been talking about the salvation, 00:08:39.080 --> 00:08:40.200 he says in verse 30, 00:08:40.200 --> 00:08:41.520 What then shall we say? 00:08:42.100 --> 00:08:45.500 That the Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness 00:08:45.500 --> 00:08:47.280 have obtained it, 00:08:47.620 --> 00:08:50.100 a righteousness that is by faith. 00:08:50.400 --> 00:08:53.300 But Israel who pursued a law of righteousness 00:08:53.300 --> 00:08:55.560 has not attained it. 00:08:56.379 --> 00:08:58.140 You see, in these couple of verses here, 00:08:58.200 --> 00:09:00.440 we're introduced to two kinds of people. 00:09:01.640 --> 00:09:02.660 Look at verse 30. 00:09:02.740 --> 00:09:04.000 We've got the Gentiles. 00:09:04.320 --> 00:09:06.660 They were not very religious people. 00:09:07.200 --> 00:09:09.620 They weren't the kind of people who read their Bibles. 00:09:09.620 --> 00:09:11.779 They weren't interested in going to church. 00:09:12.860 --> 00:09:13.940 And then in verse 31, 00:09:14.100 --> 00:09:15.500 we've got the religious people, 00:09:15.659 --> 00:09:16.799 the people of Israel. 00:09:17.240 --> 00:09:19.560 They're the kind of people you meet day to day 00:09:19.560 --> 00:09:22.159 who are wanting to go to church. 00:09:22.279 --> 00:09:24.120 They're the people who pray and read 00:09:24.120 --> 00:09:26.919 and they're interested in religious things. 00:09:28.360 --> 00:09:31.740 But the surprise here between these two groups of people 00:09:31.740 --> 00:09:33.980 is the kind of person 00:09:33.980 --> 00:09:37.120 who actually receives righteousness. 00:09:37.120 --> 00:09:41.440 And righteousness here is right standing with God. 00:09:41.639 --> 00:09:42.639 It's salvation. 00:09:43.639 --> 00:09:45.820 And here's the surprise in these two verses. 00:09:46.320 --> 00:09:49.840 The religious person who works for salvation 00:09:49.840 --> 00:09:52.980 doesn't receive it. 00:09:54.860 --> 00:09:56.039 Verse 32. 00:09:57.259 --> 00:09:58.080 Why not? 00:09:58.080 --> 00:10:02.520 Because they pursued it not by faith, 00:10:03.460 --> 00:10:06.379 but as if it were by works. 00:10:06.800 --> 00:10:09.560 You see, some people think that you earn your way 00:10:09.560 --> 00:10:11.340 into God's favour. 00:10:11.660 --> 00:10:14.020 People think that you build up lots of points 00:10:14.020 --> 00:10:16.720 and therefore you deserve God's acceptance. 00:10:17.139 --> 00:10:17.639 Look at me. 00:10:17.759 --> 00:10:19.160 Look at what I did this week. 00:10:19.320 --> 00:10:21.300 In other words, you're working for it. 00:10:21.940 --> 00:10:23.820 But the surprise is, 00:10:23.820 --> 00:10:26.000 it's completely the opposite. 00:10:26.000 --> 00:10:27.799 Verse 30 again. 00:10:28.340 --> 00:10:29.340 The Gentiles, 00:10:29.580 --> 00:10:31.779 these are the people who aren't very religious, 00:10:32.700 --> 00:10:34.840 who weren't pursuing righteousness, 00:10:35.059 --> 00:10:36.820 who weren't working for their salvation. 00:10:37.320 --> 00:10:39.059 They have got it. 00:10:39.279 --> 00:10:41.080 They have received this righteousness 00:10:41.080 --> 00:10:44.419 because it is by faith. 00:10:44.419 --> 00:10:48.099 So, we receive it by faith, 00:10:48.179 --> 00:10:48.679 not works. 00:10:48.759 --> 00:10:50.299 And here's the second part to it. 00:10:52.339 --> 00:10:53.199 By faith, 00:10:53.299 --> 00:10:53.919 not works, 00:10:54.059 --> 00:10:55.000 in Christ, 00:10:55.779 --> 00:10:57.059 and not ourselves. 00:10:58.039 --> 00:10:58.459 You see, 00:10:58.620 --> 00:11:01.120 faith must be placed somewhere. 00:11:01.659 --> 00:11:03.219 And it's placed in a person, 00:11:03.679 --> 00:11:04.519 Jesus Christ, 00:11:04.599 --> 00:11:05.519 and what he has done. 00:11:05.879 --> 00:11:07.000 So, verse 32. 00:11:07.199 --> 00:11:08.439 Let's read from there again. 00:11:09.079 --> 00:11:10.279 They pursued it, 00:11:10.500 --> 00:11:11.240 not by faith, 00:11:11.599 --> 00:11:13.480 but as if it were by works. 00:11:14.420 --> 00:11:17.159 They stumbled over the stumbling stone. 00:11:18.100 --> 00:11:19.480 What's the stumbling stone? 00:11:19.580 --> 00:11:20.539 Well, let's read on. 00:11:20.840 --> 00:11:21.740 As it is written, 00:11:21.920 --> 00:11:23.180 See, I lay in Zion 00:11:23.180 --> 00:11:25.519 a stone that causes men to stumble 00:11:25.519 --> 00:11:27.740 and a rock that makes them fall, 00:11:28.000 --> 00:11:30.080 and the one who trusts in him. 00:11:31.220 --> 00:11:33.320 So, the rock is a person. 00:11:34.360 --> 00:11:36.960 So, the one who trusts in this person 00:11:36.960 --> 00:11:39.360 will never be put to shame. 00:11:39.360 --> 00:11:40.480 You see, 00:11:40.580 --> 00:11:41.360 God had promised 00:11:41.360 --> 00:11:42.919 that he was going to set up 00:11:42.919 --> 00:11:44.139 a stone, 00:11:44.720 --> 00:11:45.220 excuse me, 00:11:45.320 --> 00:11:45.899 a rock. 00:11:46.039 --> 00:11:47.340 Not a physical rock, 00:11:47.919 --> 00:11:49.100 but a king, 00:11:49.460 --> 00:11:50.080 a person 00:11:50.080 --> 00:11:51.460 who was going to come 00:11:51.460 --> 00:11:52.379 and save 00:11:52.379 --> 00:11:53.320 and rule, 00:11:53.700 --> 00:11:54.820 and that rock 00:11:54.820 --> 00:11:55.480 is 00:11:55.480 --> 00:11:56.840 Jesus Christ. 00:11:56.840 --> 00:11:59.860 Now, the person 00:11:59.860 --> 00:12:00.759 who has faith 00:12:00.759 --> 00:12:01.680 in themselves 00:12:01.680 --> 00:12:03.960 rather than in Jesus, 00:12:04.660 --> 00:12:05.360 then the rock 00:12:05.360 --> 00:12:06.040 becomes 00:12:06.040 --> 00:12:07.420 an obstacle. 00:12:07.740 --> 00:12:09.160 Look at verse 33 again. 00:12:09.660 --> 00:12:10.720 It's a stone 00:12:10.720 --> 00:12:12.180 that causes people 00:12:12.180 --> 00:12:13.100 to stumble. 00:12:13.840 --> 00:12:14.780 It's a rock 00:12:14.780 --> 00:12:15.960 that makes people 00:12:15.960 --> 00:12:16.580 fall. 00:12:17.680 --> 00:12:18.160 Why? 00:12:18.480 --> 00:12:19.420 Well, because they're trying 00:12:19.420 --> 00:12:20.360 to get salvation 00:12:20.360 --> 00:12:21.240 on their own. 00:12:21.560 --> 00:12:21.879 And so, 00:12:21.980 --> 00:12:22.920 when they are confronted 00:12:22.919 --> 00:12:23.539 with Jesus 00:12:23.539 --> 00:12:24.059 who says, 00:12:24.379 --> 00:12:25.439 I am the only way 00:12:25.439 --> 00:12:26.259 to salvation, 00:12:26.860 --> 00:12:28.139 he becomes an obstacle 00:12:28.139 --> 00:12:29.199 to get rid of. 00:12:29.439 --> 00:12:30.059 He's something 00:12:30.059 --> 00:12:31.099 that's in the way 00:12:31.099 --> 00:12:32.139 that we don't want 00:12:32.139 --> 00:12:32.899 and so people 00:12:32.899 --> 00:12:33.740 want to kill him 00:12:33.740 --> 00:12:34.699 and get rid of him. 00:12:36.699 --> 00:12:37.819 But the person 00:12:37.819 --> 00:12:39.240 who does have faith 00:12:39.240 --> 00:12:39.819 in Jesus, 00:12:41.079 --> 00:12:42.679 then this rock, 00:12:43.599 --> 00:12:44.599 as we heard earlier, 00:12:44.699 --> 00:12:45.899 becomes the foundation 00:12:45.899 --> 00:12:46.839 for your life. 00:12:47.099 --> 00:12:48.259 It becomes the place 00:12:48.259 --> 00:12:49.500 to stand on 00:12:49.500 --> 00:12:50.719 and a shelter 00:12:50.719 --> 00:12:51.500 to hide in. 00:12:51.500 --> 00:12:52.120 Look at the end 00:12:52.120 --> 00:12:53.080 of verse 33. 00:12:54.159 --> 00:12:55.399 The one who trusts 00:12:55.399 --> 00:12:56.320 in him, 00:12:56.659 --> 00:12:57.279 who trusts 00:12:57.279 --> 00:12:58.419 in this rock, 00:12:58.840 --> 00:12:59.700 Jesus Christ, 00:12:59.919 --> 00:13:00.740 will never 00:13:00.740 --> 00:13:02.259 be put to shame. 00:13:03.019 --> 00:13:03.840 So our faith 00:13:03.840 --> 00:13:05.360 is placed somewhere. 00:13:05.700 --> 00:13:06.279 It's placed 00:13:06.279 --> 00:13:07.139 in a person, 00:13:07.460 --> 00:13:08.200 in Jesus, 00:13:08.759 --> 00:13:09.320 a place 00:13:09.320 --> 00:13:10.240 to stand on, 00:13:10.519 --> 00:13:11.080 a shelter 00:13:11.080 --> 00:13:12.559 to hide in. 00:13:13.460 --> 00:13:14.700 And here's why. 00:13:14.980 --> 00:13:15.820 Here's why 00:13:15.820 --> 00:13:16.799 we must have 00:13:16.799 --> 00:13:17.299 our faith 00:13:17.299 --> 00:13:18.299 in Jesus. 00:13:18.960 --> 00:13:19.919 Look at verse 4. 00:13:19.919 --> 00:13:21.719 chapter 10 00:13:21.719 --> 00:13:22.399 verse 4. 00:13:23.319 --> 00:13:24.339 It tells us there 00:13:24.339 --> 00:13:25.339 that this rock, 00:13:25.599 --> 00:13:25.899 Jesus, 00:13:26.379 --> 00:13:27.939 is the end 00:13:27.939 --> 00:13:29.319 of the law 00:13:29.319 --> 00:13:30.879 so that there 00:13:30.879 --> 00:13:32.039 may be righteousness 00:13:32.039 --> 00:13:33.519 or salvation 00:13:33.519 --> 00:13:34.659 for everyone 00:13:34.659 --> 00:13:35.959 who believes. 00:13:36.839 --> 00:13:37.419 Now look at that 00:13:37.419 --> 00:13:38.219 little phrase there, 00:13:38.319 --> 00:13:39.899 Christ is the end 00:13:39.899 --> 00:13:41.059 of the law. 00:13:42.059 --> 00:13:43.259 This is what it means. 00:13:43.339 --> 00:13:43.980 Two things. 00:13:44.959 --> 00:13:45.459 First, 00:13:45.459 --> 00:13:46.480 Jesus becomes 00:13:46.480 --> 00:13:47.500 the law keeper 00:13:47.500 --> 00:13:48.679 for us. 00:13:48.679 --> 00:13:50.779 He obeyed it 00:13:50.779 --> 00:13:51.599 and He never 00:13:51.599 --> 00:13:52.239 broke it. 00:13:52.500 --> 00:13:53.259 He lived it 00:13:53.259 --> 00:13:53.879 and He never 00:13:53.879 --> 00:13:54.579 failed it. 00:13:54.739 --> 00:13:55.599 And He did it, 00:13:55.679 --> 00:13:56.419 He obeyed it 00:13:56.419 --> 00:13:56.879 for you 00:13:56.879 --> 00:13:57.719 and for me. 00:13:58.479 --> 00:14:00.000 And so in response, 00:14:00.179 --> 00:14:01.059 our faith is in 00:14:01.059 --> 00:14:01.819 the obedience 00:14:01.819 --> 00:14:03.120 of Jesus 00:14:03.120 --> 00:14:04.359 who kept the law 00:14:04.359 --> 00:14:05.139 for us. 00:14:05.419 --> 00:14:06.699 We fail in the law, 00:14:07.239 --> 00:14:08.379 but He obeyed it 00:14:08.379 --> 00:14:09.139 perfectly. 00:14:09.759 --> 00:14:10.819 So my faith 00:14:10.819 --> 00:14:11.599 is in His 00:14:11.599 --> 00:14:13.000 perfect performance 00:14:13.000 --> 00:14:14.579 and not mine. 00:14:14.580 --> 00:14:15.720 So Jesus, 00:14:15.879 --> 00:14:16.259 do you see, 00:14:16.520 --> 00:14:17.040 He becomes 00:14:17.040 --> 00:14:17.860 the rock 00:14:17.860 --> 00:14:19.500 on which we stand. 00:14:20.040 --> 00:14:20.940 We stand on 00:14:20.940 --> 00:14:22.060 His perfect 00:14:22.060 --> 00:14:22.639 obedience 00:14:22.639 --> 00:14:23.320 for you 00:14:23.320 --> 00:14:24.460 and for me. 00:14:25.360 --> 00:14:26.180 But the second 00:14:26.180 --> 00:14:27.000 part to this 00:14:27.000 --> 00:14:27.300 is, 00:14:27.840 --> 00:14:28.860 Jesus also 00:14:28.860 --> 00:14:29.420 became 00:14:29.420 --> 00:14:30.800 a lawbreaker 00:14:30.800 --> 00:14:31.460 for us. 00:14:31.980 --> 00:14:32.780 Now by that I mean, 00:14:32.840 --> 00:14:33.540 I don't mean that He 00:14:33.540 --> 00:14:34.360 went and broke 00:14:34.360 --> 00:14:34.860 the law, 00:14:35.680 --> 00:14:36.440 but that He was 00:14:36.440 --> 00:14:37.080 treated 00:14:37.080 --> 00:14:38.520 as a lawbreaker 00:14:38.520 --> 00:14:39.200 for us. 00:14:39.680 --> 00:14:40.280 He took 00:14:40.280 --> 00:14:41.580 our disobedience 00:14:41.580 --> 00:14:42.259 on Himself 00:14:42.259 --> 00:14:43.100 and He was 00:14:43.100 --> 00:14:43.620 punished 00:14:43.620 --> 00:14:44.639 as if He 00:14:44.639 --> 00:14:45.220 failed 00:14:45.220 --> 00:14:46.500 and disobeyed. 00:14:46.620 --> 00:14:47.100 But it was 00:14:47.100 --> 00:14:47.680 always in 00:14:47.680 --> 00:14:48.639 our place. 00:14:49.280 --> 00:14:50.060 So our faith 00:14:50.060 --> 00:14:50.860 is in Jesus' 00:14:51.160 --> 00:14:51.540 death 00:14:51.540 --> 00:14:52.420 for you 00:14:52.420 --> 00:14:53.480 and for me. 00:14:53.759 --> 00:14:54.400 Our faith 00:14:54.400 --> 00:14:55.040 is in Him 00:14:55.040 --> 00:14:55.480 who took 00:14:55.480 --> 00:14:56.139 the blame 00:14:56.139 --> 00:14:56.620 for me 00:14:56.620 --> 00:14:57.420 for all my 00:14:57.420 --> 00:14:58.060 failures 00:14:58.060 --> 00:14:58.879 for not 00:14:58.879 --> 00:14:59.759 keeping the law 00:14:59.759 --> 00:15:00.120 and doing 00:15:00.120 --> 00:15:01.000 what is right. 00:15:02.020 --> 00:15:02.920 So Jesus 00:15:02.920 --> 00:15:03.920 becomes the rock 00:15:03.920 --> 00:15:04.500 in which we 00:15:04.500 --> 00:15:05.080 shelter, 00:15:05.540 --> 00:15:06.160 in which we 00:15:06.160 --> 00:15:06.980 hide. 00:15:09.420 --> 00:15:10.320 He is the rock 00:15:10.320 --> 00:15:10.879 in which we 00:15:10.879 --> 00:15:11.340 stand. 00:15:11.580 --> 00:15:12.600 the rock 00:15:12.600 --> 00:15:13.220 in which we 00:15:13.220 --> 00:15:13.720 shelter. 00:15:14.180 --> 00:15:14.680 Our faith 00:15:14.680 --> 00:15:15.720 is in a person, 00:15:16.000 --> 00:15:16.680 in Christ 00:15:16.680 --> 00:15:17.040 who has 00:15:17.040 --> 00:15:17.620 completed 00:15:17.620 --> 00:15:18.620 and done it 00:15:18.620 --> 00:15:19.620 all for you 00:15:19.620 --> 00:15:21.139 and for me. 00:15:21.660 --> 00:15:22.220 So there's 00:15:22.220 --> 00:15:23.000 only one way 00:15:23.000 --> 00:15:23.759 to receive 00:15:23.759 --> 00:15:24.820 salvation. 00:15:25.520 --> 00:15:26.440 We receive it 00:15:26.440 --> 00:15:27.160 by faith, 00:15:27.680 --> 00:15:28.540 not works, 00:15:29.200 --> 00:15:30.060 in Christ 00:15:30.060 --> 00:15:31.860 and not 00:15:31.860 --> 00:15:32.440 ourselves. 00:15:34.480 --> 00:15:35.259 Here's the 00:15:35.259 --> 00:15:36.040 second condition. 00:15:36.200 --> 00:15:36.740 It's an open 00:15:36.740 --> 00:15:37.320 invitation, 00:15:38.640 --> 00:15:39.020 but 00:15:39.020 --> 00:15:40.800 there is 00:15:40.799 --> 00:15:41.279 only one 00:15:41.279 --> 00:15:41.719 place 00:15:41.719 --> 00:15:43.279 to find 00:15:43.279 --> 00:15:44.199 salvation. 00:15:44.839 --> 00:15:45.319 There's only 00:15:45.319 --> 00:15:45.879 one place 00:15:45.879 --> 00:15:46.339 to find 00:15:46.339 --> 00:15:46.839 salvation. 00:15:46.959 --> 00:15:47.179 Again, 00:15:47.279 --> 00:15:47.740 this comes 00:15:47.740 --> 00:15:48.679 in two 00:15:48.679 --> 00:15:49.199 parts. 00:15:50.039 --> 00:15:50.559 We find 00:15:50.559 --> 00:15:51.099 it first 00:15:51.099 --> 00:15:52.559 not on 00:15:52.559 --> 00:15:53.159 our own. 00:15:53.759 --> 00:15:54.279 We can't 00:15:54.279 --> 00:15:54.759 find it 00:15:54.759 --> 00:15:55.099 on our 00:15:55.099 --> 00:15:55.539 own. 00:15:56.099 --> 00:15:56.459 Chapter 00:15:56.459 --> 00:15:56.779 10, 00:15:56.859 --> 00:15:57.500 verse 5. 00:15:59.399 --> 00:15:59.919 Moses 00:15:59.919 --> 00:16:00.659 describes 00:16:00.659 --> 00:16:01.319 in this 00:16:01.319 --> 00:16:01.859 way the 00:16:01.859 --> 00:16:02.459 righteousness 00:16:02.459 --> 00:16:03.439 that is 00:16:03.439 --> 00:16:03.859 by the 00:16:03.859 --> 00:16:04.099 law, 00:16:04.199 --> 00:16:04.419 or the 00:16:04.419 --> 00:16:04.779 way in 00:16:04.779 --> 00:16:04.979 which 00:16:04.979 --> 00:16:05.539 salvation 00:16:05.539 --> 00:16:06.159 comes 00:16:06.159 --> 00:16:06.980 by the 00:16:06.980 --> 00:16:07.199 law. 00:16:07.299 --> 00:16:07.799 The man 00:16:07.799 --> 00:16:08.399 who does 00:16:08.399 --> 00:16:08.699 these 00:16:08.699 --> 00:16:09.240 things 00:16:09.240 --> 00:16:10.139 will 00:16:10.139 --> 00:16:10.419 live 00:16:10.419 --> 00:16:10.699 by 00:16:10.699 --> 00:16:11.000 them. 00:16:11.799 --> 00:16:12.199 Now, 00:16:12.360 --> 00:16:13.019 in some 00:16:13.019 --> 00:16:13.259 ways, 00:16:13.319 --> 00:16:13.579 this is 00:16:13.579 --> 00:16:13.980 just a 00:16:13.980 --> 00:16:14.559 summary of 00:16:14.559 --> 00:16:14.899 all that 00:16:14.899 --> 00:16:15.279 he's just 00:16:15.279 --> 00:16:15.740 said, 00:16:16.219 --> 00:16:16.779 that some 00:16:16.779 --> 00:16:17.379 people trying 00:16:17.379 --> 00:16:17.919 to find 00:16:17.919 --> 00:16:18.600 salvation 00:16:18.600 --> 00:16:19.139 on their 00:16:19.139 --> 00:16:19.339 own. 00:16:19.579 --> 00:16:20.179 They try 00:16:20.179 --> 00:16:21.039 to achieve 00:16:21.039 --> 00:16:21.819 it by 00:16:21.819 --> 00:16:22.539 avoiding 00:16:22.539 --> 00:16:23.100 Jesus 00:16:23.100 --> 00:16:24.600 and depending 00:16:24.600 --> 00:16:25.059 on their 00:16:25.059 --> 00:16:25.519 own 00:16:25.519 --> 00:16:26.339 ability. 00:16:26.879 --> 00:16:27.339 So the 00:16:27.339 --> 00:16:27.759 man who 00:16:27.759 --> 00:16:28.240 does these 00:16:28.240 --> 00:16:28.639 things will 00:16:28.639 --> 00:16:28.959 live by 00:16:28.959 --> 00:16:29.100 them. 00:16:29.179 --> 00:16:29.620 He must 00:16:29.620 --> 00:16:30.319 keep to 00:16:30.319 --> 00:16:30.720 the law 00:16:30.720 --> 00:16:31.019 and do 00:16:31.019 --> 00:16:31.360 everything 00:16:31.360 --> 00:16:31.720 that it 00:16:31.720 --> 00:16:32.180 says. 00:16:33.019 --> 00:16:33.539 In this 00:16:33.539 --> 00:16:33.960 case, 00:16:34.500 --> 00:16:35.100 for people, 00:16:35.279 --> 00:16:35.620 it is 00:16:35.620 --> 00:16:36.220 following the 00:16:36.220 --> 00:16:36.620 law that 00:16:36.620 --> 00:16:37.019 they must 00:16:37.019 --> 00:16:37.500 do 00:16:37.500 --> 00:16:38.180 religious 00:16:38.180 --> 00:16:38.680 things, 00:16:38.779 --> 00:16:39.039 and if 00:16:39.039 --> 00:16:39.379 they think 00:16:39.379 --> 00:16:39.720 they do 00:16:39.720 --> 00:16:40.100 religious 00:16:40.100 --> 00:16:40.519 things, 00:16:40.759 --> 00:16:41.139 that's 00:16:41.139 --> 00:16:41.500 going to 00:16:41.500 --> 00:16:42.019 be enough. 00:16:42.399 --> 00:16:42.620 For 00:16:42.620 --> 00:16:43.019 somebody 00:16:43.019 --> 00:16:43.340 else, 00:16:43.440 --> 00:16:43.600 their 00:16:43.600 --> 00:16:44.080 particular 00:16:44.080 --> 00:16:44.519 law 00:16:44.519 --> 00:16:45.159 might be 00:16:45.159 --> 00:16:45.659 being 00:16:45.659 --> 00:16:46.200 tolerant 00:16:46.200 --> 00:16:46.680 and being 00:16:46.680 --> 00:16:47.379 open to 00:16:47.379 --> 00:16:47.580 other 00:16:47.580 --> 00:16:47.899 people, 00:16:48.000 --> 00:16:48.240 and if 00:16:48.240 --> 00:16:48.539 I'm a 00:16:48.539 --> 00:16:48.800 very 00:16:48.800 --> 00:16:49.560 tolerant 00:16:49.560 --> 00:16:49.879 and 00:16:49.879 --> 00:16:50.220 loving 00:16:50.220 --> 00:16:50.680 kind of 00:16:50.680 --> 00:16:51.000 person 00:16:51.000 --> 00:16:51.460 of all 00:16:51.460 --> 00:16:52.060 people 00:16:52.060 --> 00:16:52.259 in 00:16:52.259 --> 00:16:52.580 different 00:16:52.580 --> 00:16:52.960 ways, 00:16:53.279 --> 00:16:53.480 then 00:16:53.480 --> 00:16:54.060 that's 00:16:54.060 --> 00:16:54.240 going 00:16:54.240 --> 00:16:54.580 to get 00:16:54.580 --> 00:16:54.759 me 00:16:54.759 --> 00:16:55.320 salvation. 00:16:56.460 --> 00:16:56.840 But 00:16:56.840 --> 00:16:57.039 the 00:16:57.039 --> 00:16:57.360 point 00:16:57.360 --> 00:16:57.820 is, 00:16:58.639 --> 00:16:59.080 we 00:16:59.080 --> 00:16:59.560 never 00:16:59.560 --> 00:16:59.940 ever 00:16:59.940 --> 00:17:00.379 find 00:17:00.379 --> 00:17:01.080 salvation 00:17:01.080 --> 00:17:01.740 on our 00:17:01.740 --> 00:17:02.180 own. 00:17:03.520 --> 00:17:03.940 We'll 00:17:03.940 --> 00:17:04.180 never 00:17:04.180 --> 00:17:04.740 find it 00:17:04.740 --> 00:17:05.100 in our 00:17:05.100 --> 00:17:05.420 own 00:17:05.420 --> 00:17:05.900 particular 00:17:05.900 --> 00:17:06.559 systems, 00:17:07.100 --> 00:17:08.019 or in 00:17:08.019 --> 00:17:08.500 the places 00:17:08.500 --> 00:17:09.000 that we 00:17:09.000 --> 00:17:09.420 look. 00:17:09.920 --> 00:17:10.380 Look at 00:17:10.380 --> 00:17:11.160 verse 6. 00:17:12.500 --> 00:17:12.819 The 00:17:12.819 --> 00:17:13.400 righteousness 00:17:13.400 --> 00:17:14.900 that is 00:17:14.900 --> 00:17:15.720 by faith, 00:17:15.759 --> 00:17:16.019 or the 00:17:16.019 --> 00:17:16.480 salvation 00:17:16.480 --> 00:17:17.559 that comes 00:17:17.559 --> 00:17:18.299 by faith 00:17:18.299 --> 00:17:18.920 says, 00:17:19.480 --> 00:17:20.059 do not 00:17:20.059 --> 00:17:20.519 say in 00:17:20.519 --> 00:17:21.140 your heart 00:17:21.140 --> 00:17:21.740 who will 00:17:21.740 --> 00:17:22.160 ascend 00:17:22.160 --> 00:17:22.640 into 00:17:22.640 --> 00:17:23.039 heaven, 00:17:23.480 --> 00:17:23.920 that is 00:17:23.920 --> 00:17:24.539 to try 00:17:24.539 --> 00:17:24.880 and bring 00:17:24.880 --> 00:17:25.259 Christ 00:17:25.259 --> 00:17:25.759 down, 00:17:26.180 --> 00:17:27.240 or who 00:17:27.240 --> 00:17:27.440 will 00:17:27.440 --> 00:17:27.840 descend 00:17:27.840 --> 00:17:28.160 into 00:17:28.160 --> 00:17:28.360 the 00:17:28.360 --> 00:17:28.700 deep, 00:17:28.940 --> 00:17:29.360 that is 00:17:29.360 --> 00:17:29.759 to bring 00:17:29.759 --> 00:17:30.160 Christ 00:17:30.160 --> 00:17:30.559 up from 00:17:30.559 --> 00:17:30.720 the 00:17:30.720 --> 00:17:31.079 dead. 00:17:33.460 --> 00:17:33.740 You 00:17:33.740 --> 00:17:33.899 see, 00:17:33.980 --> 00:17:34.019 he's 00:17:34.019 --> 00:17:34.200 saying, 00:17:34.279 --> 00:17:34.359 look, 00:17:34.419 --> 00:17:34.720 you can 00:17:34.720 --> 00:17:34.940 go 00:17:34.940 --> 00:17:35.500 searching 00:17:35.500 --> 00:17:36.299 to the 00:17:36.299 --> 00:17:36.679 highest 00:17:36.679 --> 00:17:37.279 heights, 00:17:38.099 --> 00:17:38.599 you can 00:17:38.599 --> 00:17:39.319 go looking 00:17:39.319 --> 00:17:40.000 down to 00:17:40.000 --> 00:17:40.559 the deepest 00:17:40.559 --> 00:17:41.179 depths, 00:17:42.000 --> 00:17:42.460 but you're 00:17:42.460 --> 00:17:42.899 not going 00:17:42.899 --> 00:17:43.480 to find 00:17:43.480 --> 00:17:43.819 it. 00:17:45.139 --> 00:17:45.659 Everyone, 00:17:45.879 --> 00:17:46.119 as we 00:17:46.119 --> 00:17:46.419 said 00:17:46.419 --> 00:17:46.980 earlier, 00:17:47.279 --> 00:17:48.019 is longing 00:17:48.019 --> 00:17:48.960 for salvation. 00:17:49.500 --> 00:17:49.940 We're all 00:17:49.940 --> 00:17:50.599 in search 00:17:50.599 --> 00:17:51.200 of rest 00:17:51.200 --> 00:17:51.899 and peace. 00:17:52.220 --> 00:17:52.559 We all 00:17:52.559 --> 00:17:53.159 long for 00:17:53.159 --> 00:17:53.619 something 00:17:53.619 --> 00:17:54.359 different in 00:17:54.359 --> 00:17:54.879 our lives 00:17:54.879 --> 00:17:55.159 and for 00:17:55.159 --> 00:17:55.619 the world 00:17:55.619 --> 00:17:56.000 to be 00:17:56.000 --> 00:17:56.399 better. 00:17:57.139 --> 00:17:57.659 And some 00:17:57.659 --> 00:17:58.539 people turn 00:17:58.539 --> 00:17:59.899 to religion, 00:18:00.119 --> 00:18:00.559 some people 00:18:00.559 --> 00:18:01.119 turn to 00:18:01.119 --> 00:18:01.859 Islam or 00:18:01.859 --> 00:18:02.339 Buddhism, 00:18:02.839 --> 00:18:03.500 other people 00:18:03.500 --> 00:18:04.139 run away 00:18:04.139 --> 00:18:04.899 from religion 00:18:04.899 --> 00:18:05.599 and they 00:18:05.599 --> 00:18:06.019 try to 00:18:06.019 --> 00:18:06.420 find it 00:18:06.420 --> 00:18:07.240 in atheism 00:18:07.240 --> 00:18:08.200 or humanism. 00:18:09.240 --> 00:18:10.119 We search 00:18:10.119 --> 00:18:10.720 for it 00:18:10.720 --> 00:18:11.859 in people, 00:18:12.159 --> 00:18:12.619 we look 00:18:12.619 --> 00:18:12.940 for it 00:18:12.940 --> 00:18:13.299 in all 00:18:13.299 --> 00:18:13.779 kinds of 00:18:13.779 --> 00:18:14.079 different 00:18:14.079 --> 00:18:14.559 places, 00:18:14.559 --> 00:18:15.180 but the 00:18:15.180 --> 00:18:15.639 point is 00:18:15.639 --> 00:18:16.180 we never 00:18:16.180 --> 00:18:17.220 ever find 00:18:17.220 --> 00:18:17.619 it. 00:18:18.420 --> 00:18:18.680 Why? 00:18:19.960 --> 00:18:20.639 Because in 00:18:20.639 --> 00:18:20.980 all the 00:18:20.980 --> 00:18:21.519 places we 00:18:21.519 --> 00:18:22.159 search and 00:18:22.159 --> 00:18:22.700 in all the 00:18:22.700 --> 00:18:23.299 places we 00:18:23.299 --> 00:18:23.619 look, 00:18:23.960 --> 00:18:24.799 it's always 00:18:24.799 --> 00:18:25.619 demanding 00:18:25.619 --> 00:18:26.159 something 00:18:26.159 --> 00:18:26.979 from us. 00:18:27.139 --> 00:18:27.659 It's always 00:18:27.659 --> 00:18:28.579 asking of 00:18:28.579 --> 00:18:29.079 us something 00:18:29.079 --> 00:18:29.539 that we 00:18:29.539 --> 00:18:30.399 must do 00:18:30.399 --> 00:18:31.219 or something 00:18:31.219 --> 00:18:31.619 that we 00:18:31.619 --> 00:18:32.759 must achieve 00:18:32.759 --> 00:18:33.399 which we 00:18:33.399 --> 00:18:33.939 can never 00:18:33.939 --> 00:18:34.579 ever live 00:18:34.579 --> 00:18:35.039 up to. 00:18:38.119 --> 00:18:38.899 So where 00:18:38.899 --> 00:18:39.319 do we 00:18:39.319 --> 00:18:40.879 find our 00:18:40.879 --> 00:18:41.459 salvation 00:18:41.459 --> 00:18:41.899 that we 00:18:41.899 --> 00:18:42.619 search for? 00:18:43.899 --> 00:18:44.539 Well, we 00:18:44.539 --> 00:18:45.059 don't find 00:18:45.059 --> 00:18:45.519 it on our 00:18:45.519 --> 00:18:45.779 own. 00:18:46.859 --> 00:18:47.619 We find 00:18:47.619 --> 00:18:47.919 it in 00:18:47.919 --> 00:18:48.319 God's 00:18:48.319 --> 00:18:48.679 word, 00:18:49.319 --> 00:18:49.539 the 00:18:49.539 --> 00:18:49.959 gospel. 00:18:50.539 --> 00:18:50.799 Look at 00:18:50.799 --> 00:18:51.359 verse 8. 00:18:52.459 --> 00:18:52.959 So what 00:18:52.959 --> 00:18:53.319 does it 00:18:53.319 --> 00:18:53.599 say? 00:18:54.759 --> 00:18:54.979 The 00:18:54.979 --> 00:18:55.459 word 00:18:55.460 --> 00:18:57.000 is near 00:18:57.000 --> 00:18:57.380 you. 00:18:58.460 --> 00:18:58.840 It is 00:18:58.840 --> 00:18:59.180 in your 00:18:59.180 --> 00:19:00.640 mouth and 00:19:00.640 --> 00:19:00.980 it is 00:19:00.980 --> 00:19:02.160 in your 00:19:02.160 --> 00:19:02.980 heart. 00:19:03.380 --> 00:19:04.259 That is 00:19:04.259 --> 00:19:05.340 the word 00:19:05.340 --> 00:19:06.000 of faith, 00:19:06.400 --> 00:19:07.019 the word 00:19:07.019 --> 00:19:07.880 of the 00:19:07.880 --> 00:19:08.600 gospel that 00:19:08.600 --> 00:19:09.720 we are 00:19:09.720 --> 00:19:10.579 proclaiming. 00:19:11.620 --> 00:19:12.220 So the 00:19:12.220 --> 00:19:12.920 reason that 00:19:12.920 --> 00:19:13.420 they have 00:19:13.420 --> 00:19:13.900 the word 00:19:13.900 --> 00:19:14.360 of the 00:19:14.360 --> 00:19:15.259 gospel in 00:19:15.259 --> 00:19:15.420 them, 00:19:15.500 --> 00:19:15.819 the word 00:19:15.819 --> 00:19:16.220 of faith 00:19:16.220 --> 00:19:16.819 in them, 00:19:17.100 --> 00:19:18.160 is because 00:19:18.160 --> 00:19:19.299 it has 00:19:19.299 --> 00:19:19.579 been 00:19:19.579 --> 00:19:20.200 proclaimed 00:19:20.200 --> 00:19:21.160 to them. 00:19:21.579 --> 00:19:22.140 And that's 00:19:22.140 --> 00:19:22.600 where we 00:19:22.600 --> 00:19:23.120 find 00:19:23.120 --> 00:19:24.019 salvation. 00:19:24.420 --> 00:19:25.019 We find 00:19:25.019 --> 00:19:26.200 salvation in 00:19:26.200 --> 00:19:26.700 the word 00:19:26.700 --> 00:19:27.259 of faith, 00:19:27.519 --> 00:19:28.039 in the 00:19:28.039 --> 00:19:28.400 gospel 00:19:28.400 --> 00:19:29.000 message. 00:19:29.240 --> 00:19:29.639 That's 00:19:29.639 --> 00:19:30.059 where we'll 00:19:30.059 --> 00:19:30.599 see it. 00:19:31.460 --> 00:19:32.019 So we 00:19:32.019 --> 00:19:32.539 don't need 00:19:32.539 --> 00:19:32.960 to go 00:19:32.960 --> 00:19:33.660 searching 00:19:33.660 --> 00:19:35.099 because 00:19:35.099 --> 00:19:36.619 Jesus has 00:19:36.619 --> 00:19:37.319 already come 00:19:37.319 --> 00:19:38.420 down from 00:19:38.420 --> 00:19:39.420 heaven to 00:19:39.420 --> 00:19:40.099 search for 00:19:40.099 --> 00:19:40.519 us. 00:19:40.960 --> 00:19:41.660 We don't 00:19:41.660 --> 00:19:42.019 need to 00:19:42.019 --> 00:19:43.059 go looking 00:19:43.059 --> 00:19:44.019 because Jesus 00:19:44.019 --> 00:19:45.000 lives. 00:19:45.960 --> 00:19:46.259 He has 00:19:46.259 --> 00:19:46.960 been raised 00:19:46.960 --> 00:19:47.480 from the 00:19:47.480 --> 00:19:48.200 grave and 00:19:48.200 --> 00:19:48.759 he's still 00:19:48.759 --> 00:19:49.720 looking for 00:19:49.720 --> 00:19:50.160 people. 00:19:51.559 --> 00:19:52.299 And that 00:19:52.299 --> 00:19:53.059 message of 00:19:53.059 --> 00:19:54.139 hope of 00:19:54.139 --> 00:19:54.460 Jesus 00:19:54.460 --> 00:19:55.240 searching and 00:19:55.240 --> 00:19:55.740 looking for 00:19:55.740 --> 00:19:56.700 us is 00:19:56.700 --> 00:19:57.359 near to 00:19:57.359 --> 00:19:57.659 us. 00:19:57.899 --> 00:19:58.359 He tells 00:19:58.359 --> 00:19:58.700 us in 00:19:58.700 --> 00:19:59.200 verse 8 00:19:59.200 --> 00:19:59.899 that it's 00:19:59.899 --> 00:20:00.399 in the 00:20:00.399 --> 00:20:01.099 word of 00:20:01.099 --> 00:20:01.460 faith. 00:20:01.659 --> 00:20:02.139 It's in 00:20:02.139 --> 00:20:03.079 the gospel 00:20:03.079 --> 00:20:04.559 and it's 00:20:04.559 --> 00:20:05.200 that gospel 00:20:05.200 --> 00:20:06.819 word that 00:20:06.819 --> 00:20:07.460 will save 00:20:07.460 --> 00:20:07.879 us. 00:20:08.639 --> 00:20:09.200 Look at 00:20:09.200 --> 00:20:09.740 verse 9 00:20:09.740 --> 00:20:10.200 of chapter 00:20:10.200 --> 00:20:10.619 10. 00:20:12.799 --> 00:20:13.500 He says, 00:20:13.579 --> 00:20:13.679 look, 00:20:13.720 --> 00:20:14.159 we've told 00:20:14.159 --> 00:20:14.539 you this 00:20:14.539 --> 00:20:14.879 message, 00:20:15.019 --> 00:20:15.259 we've 00:20:15.259 --> 00:20:15.659 proclaimed 00:20:15.659 --> 00:20:16.179 to you, 00:20:16.299 --> 00:20:16.859 verse 9, 00:20:17.240 --> 00:20:17.759 that if you 00:20:17.759 --> 00:20:19.099 confess with 00:20:19.099 --> 00:20:19.700 your mouth 00:20:19.700 --> 00:20:20.660 Jesus is 00:20:20.660 --> 00:20:21.680 Lord and 00:20:21.680 --> 00:20:21.940 if you 00:20:21.940 --> 00:20:22.980 believe in 00:20:22.980 --> 00:20:23.660 your heart 00:20:23.660 --> 00:20:24.440 that God 00:20:24.440 --> 00:20:24.920 raised him 00:20:24.920 --> 00:20:25.259 from the 00:20:25.259 --> 00:20:25.580 dead, 00:20:25.840 --> 00:20:26.240 you will 00:20:26.240 --> 00:20:26.960 be saved. 00:20:28.120 --> 00:20:28.640 That's the 00:20:28.640 --> 00:20:29.180 message. 00:20:29.640 --> 00:20:30.180 This is the 00:20:30.180 --> 00:20:30.840 gospel that 00:20:30.840 --> 00:20:31.160 has been 00:20:31.160 --> 00:20:31.980 proclaimed to 00:20:31.980 --> 00:20:32.240 you. 00:20:33.680 --> 00:20:34.420 Now, we 00:20:34.420 --> 00:20:34.960 must be 00:20:34.960 --> 00:20:35.700 clear on 00:20:35.700 --> 00:20:35.920 this. 00:20:36.039 --> 00:20:36.519 This isn't 00:20:36.519 --> 00:20:37.140 some kind 00:20:37.140 --> 00:20:38.360 of spiritual 00:20:38.360 --> 00:20:39.559 mantra so 00:20:39.559 --> 00:20:40.100 that everybody 00:20:40.100 --> 00:20:40.880 who rattles 00:20:40.880 --> 00:20:41.279 off the 00:20:41.279 --> 00:20:41.580 words, 00:20:41.920 --> 00:20:42.480 Jesus is 00:20:42.480 --> 00:20:42.840 Lord, 00:20:43.140 --> 00:20:43.559 at some 00:20:43.559 --> 00:20:44.039 particular 00:20:44.039 --> 00:20:44.840 meeting or 00:20:44.840 --> 00:20:45.660 a camp or 00:20:45.660 --> 00:20:46.200 whatever the 00:20:46.200 --> 00:20:46.740 place may 00:20:46.740 --> 00:20:47.080 be, 00:20:47.519 --> 00:20:48.080 that somehow 00:20:48.080 --> 00:20:48.960 that's it, 00:20:48.960 --> 00:20:49.440 that's the 00:20:49.440 --> 00:20:49.819 end of 00:20:49.819 --> 00:20:50.059 it, 00:20:50.539 --> 00:20:50.920 that I'm 00:20:50.920 --> 00:20:51.740 now saved. 00:20:52.000 --> 00:20:52.500 No, look 00:20:52.500 --> 00:20:53.200 at verse 10. 00:20:54.120 --> 00:20:54.579 For it is 00:20:54.579 --> 00:20:54.980 with your 00:20:54.980 --> 00:20:56.900 heart that 00:20:56.900 --> 00:20:57.660 you believe 00:20:57.660 --> 00:20:58.579 and are 00:20:58.579 --> 00:20:59.079 justified, 00:20:59.640 --> 00:21:00.360 and it is 00:21:00.360 --> 00:21:00.740 with your 00:21:00.740 --> 00:21:01.900 mouth that 00:21:01.900 --> 00:21:02.660 you confess 00:21:02.660 --> 00:21:03.620 and are 00:21:03.620 --> 00:21:04.059 saved. 00:21:04.259 --> 00:21:04.660 You see, 00:21:04.740 --> 00:21:05.200 what comes 00:21:05.200 --> 00:21:05.579 out of 00:21:05.579 --> 00:21:06.200 your mouth, 00:21:06.880 --> 00:21:07.319 what you 00:21:07.319 --> 00:21:08.000 speak and 00:21:08.000 --> 00:21:08.400 what you 00:21:08.400 --> 00:21:08.940 say, 00:21:10.019 --> 00:21:10.500 is an 00:21:10.500 --> 00:21:10.940 outward 00:21:10.940 --> 00:21:12.360 expression of 00:21:12.360 --> 00:21:12.920 what's going 00:21:12.920 --> 00:21:13.759 on inside 00:21:13.759 --> 00:21:14.480 your life, 00:21:15.059 --> 00:21:15.980 inside your 00:21:15.980 --> 00:21:16.500 heart. 00:21:17.019 --> 00:21:17.440 In other 00:21:17.440 --> 00:21:17.880 words, if 00:21:17.880 --> 00:21:18.779 you believe 00:21:18.779 --> 00:21:19.240 with your 00:21:19.240 --> 00:21:19.740 heart, 00:21:20.079 --> 00:21:20.539 if you 00:21:20.539 --> 00:21:21.579 are trusting 00:21:21.579 --> 00:21:22.420 in the 00:21:22.420 --> 00:21:22.819 rock, 00:21:23.160 --> 00:21:23.480 Jesus 00:21:23.480 --> 00:21:24.119 Christ, 00:21:24.839 --> 00:21:25.379 the one 00:21:25.379 --> 00:21:25.879 whom you 00:21:25.879 --> 00:21:26.619 stand on, 00:21:26.700 --> 00:21:26.960 the one 00:21:26.960 --> 00:21:27.279 that you 00:21:27.279 --> 00:21:28.079 take shelter 00:21:28.079 --> 00:21:28.440 in, 00:21:29.039 --> 00:21:29.759 if you 00:21:29.759 --> 00:21:30.759 believe in 00:21:30.759 --> 00:21:31.240 him, 00:21:32.680 --> 00:21:33.160 and you 00:21:33.160 --> 00:21:34.079 express that 00:21:34.079 --> 00:21:34.500 with your 00:21:34.500 --> 00:21:34.859 mouth, 00:21:35.139 --> 00:21:35.519 you will 00:21:35.519 --> 00:21:36.240 be saved. 00:21:39.940 --> 00:21:40.779 The point 00:21:40.779 --> 00:21:41.160 is, 00:21:41.339 --> 00:21:41.819 in these 00:21:41.819 --> 00:21:42.420 few verses 00:21:42.420 --> 00:21:42.920 here, 00:21:43.639 --> 00:21:44.579 is that we 00:21:44.579 --> 00:21:45.220 must never 00:21:45.220 --> 00:21:45.859 ever think 00:21:45.859 --> 00:21:46.339 that God 00:21:46.339 --> 00:21:46.839 is playing 00:21:46.839 --> 00:21:47.359 a game of 00:21:47.359 --> 00:21:47.759 hide and 00:21:47.759 --> 00:21:48.299 seek with 00:21:48.299 --> 00:21:48.639 us, 00:21:49.359 --> 00:21:49.740 that he's 00:21:49.740 --> 00:21:50.019 kind of 00:21:50.019 --> 00:21:50.359 somewhere 00:21:50.359 --> 00:21:50.859 out there 00:21:50.859 --> 00:21:51.180 and we've 00:21:51.180 --> 00:21:51.559 got to go 00:21:51.559 --> 00:21:52.159 find him 00:21:52.159 --> 00:21:52.619 and search 00:21:52.619 --> 00:21:52.940 for him 00:21:52.940 --> 00:21:53.359 somewhere. 00:21:54.359 --> 00:21:55.359 The opposite 00:21:55.359 --> 00:21:56.399 is true. 00:21:57.220 --> 00:21:57.779 He is the 00:21:57.779 --> 00:21:58.319 one who has 00:21:58.319 --> 00:21:58.759 come to 00:21:58.759 --> 00:21:59.379 search for 00:21:59.379 --> 00:21:59.819 us. 00:22:00.299 --> 00:22:00.879 He is the 00:22:00.879 --> 00:22:01.339 one who's 00:22:01.339 --> 00:22:02.200 come and 00:22:02.200 --> 00:22:03.119 made himself 00:22:03.119 --> 00:22:03.759 known to 00:22:03.759 --> 00:22:04.440 us today 00:22:04.440 --> 00:22:05.680 through his 00:22:05.680 --> 00:22:06.119 word, 00:22:06.419 --> 00:22:07.000 the gospel. 00:22:07.519 --> 00:22:08.019 This is what 00:22:08.019 --> 00:22:08.839 we have right 00:22:08.839 --> 00:22:09.819 here in God's 00:22:09.819 --> 00:22:10.579 word, in the 00:22:10.579 --> 00:22:10.899 Bible. 00:22:11.259 --> 00:22:11.980 It has been 00:22:11.980 --> 00:22:12.680 made known 00:22:12.680 --> 00:22:13.759 to us. 00:22:13.759 --> 00:22:17.140 So there's 00:22:17.140 --> 00:22:17.640 only one 00:22:17.640 --> 00:22:18.180 place to 00:22:18.180 --> 00:22:19.819 find salvation. 00:22:21.059 --> 00:22:21.940 We find 00:22:21.940 --> 00:22:22.460 it not on 00:22:22.460 --> 00:22:23.079 our own, but 00:22:23.079 --> 00:22:23.779 we find it 00:22:23.779 --> 00:22:24.379 in God's 00:22:24.379 --> 00:22:25.799 word, the 00:22:25.799 --> 00:22:26.200 gospel. 00:22:28.420 --> 00:22:30.500 So, the 00:22:30.500 --> 00:22:30.879 third 00:22:30.879 --> 00:22:32.119 condition, it's 00:22:32.119 --> 00:22:32.700 an open 00:22:32.700 --> 00:22:34.500 invitation to 00:22:34.500 --> 00:22:34.900 all. 00:22:36.079 --> 00:22:36.619 And third, 00:22:36.720 --> 00:22:37.259 there is only 00:22:37.259 --> 00:22:38.079 one way to 00:22:38.079 --> 00:22:39.099 experience 00:22:39.099 --> 00:22:40.179 salvation. 00:22:43.059 --> 00:22:43.740 Look at 00:22:43.740 --> 00:22:44.399 verse 11. 00:22:45.399 --> 00:22:46.259 As the 00:22:46.259 --> 00:22:47.139 scripture says, 00:22:48.159 --> 00:22:49.500 anyone who 00:22:49.500 --> 00:22:50.740 trusts in 00:22:50.740 --> 00:22:51.319 him, in 00:22:51.319 --> 00:22:51.980 Christ, will 00:22:51.980 --> 00:22:53.519 never be 00:22:53.519 --> 00:22:53.959 put to 00:22:53.959 --> 00:22:54.299 shame. 00:22:55.639 --> 00:22:56.419 So, rather 00:22:56.419 --> 00:22:57.259 than think that 00:22:57.259 --> 00:22:58.099 salvation is 00:22:58.099 --> 00:22:58.719 just for a 00:22:58.719 --> 00:22:59.519 select few, 00:23:00.659 --> 00:23:01.219 we should 00:23:01.219 --> 00:23:02.000 understand that 00:23:02.000 --> 00:23:02.579 this is an 00:23:02.579 --> 00:23:03.819 offer that 00:23:03.819 --> 00:23:05.000 is open to 00:23:05.000 --> 00:23:05.579 all. 00:23:06.019 --> 00:23:06.839 Verse 13. 00:23:08.039 --> 00:23:08.679 Everyone, 00:23:09.099 --> 00:23:10.359 who calls 00:23:10.359 --> 00:23:10.679 on the 00:23:10.679 --> 00:23:11.039 name of 00:23:11.039 --> 00:23:11.579 the Lord, 00:23:12.099 --> 00:23:12.659 will be 00:23:12.659 --> 00:23:13.179 saved. 00:23:13.480 --> 00:23:14.139 It is an 00:23:14.139 --> 00:23:15.159 offer without 00:23:15.159 --> 00:23:15.740 limits. 00:23:16.059 --> 00:23:16.439 It is 00:23:16.439 --> 00:23:17.799 told out 00:23:17.799 --> 00:23:18.439 to the 00:23:18.439 --> 00:23:18.819 world. 00:23:19.159 --> 00:23:19.519 This is 00:23:19.519 --> 00:23:20.319 the generosity 00:23:20.319 --> 00:23:21.399 of God. 00:23:23.019 --> 00:23:23.939 Now, while 00:23:23.939 --> 00:23:24.519 the offer 00:23:24.519 --> 00:23:25.219 is open 00:23:25.219 --> 00:23:26.659 to anyone, 00:23:27.579 --> 00:23:28.159 we must 00:23:28.159 --> 00:23:29.079 also understand 00:23:29.079 --> 00:23:29.579 that the 00:23:29.579 --> 00:23:29.919 way to 00:23:29.919 --> 00:23:30.759 experience 00:23:30.759 --> 00:23:31.699 this gospel, 00:23:31.899 --> 00:23:32.879 this message 00:23:32.879 --> 00:23:33.619 of salvation, 00:23:33.939 --> 00:23:34.500 is also 00:23:34.500 --> 00:23:35.299 the same 00:23:35.299 --> 00:23:36.399 for everyone. 00:23:37.199 --> 00:23:37.559 Look at 00:23:37.559 --> 00:23:38.299 verse 12. 00:23:39.099 --> 00:23:40.319 For there 00:23:40.319 --> 00:23:41.000 is no 00:23:41.000 --> 00:23:41.959 difference 00:23:41.959 --> 00:23:43.339 between 00:23:43.339 --> 00:23:44.299 Jew and 00:23:44.299 --> 00:23:45.079 Gentile. 00:23:46.139 --> 00:23:46.959 The same 00:23:46.959 --> 00:23:47.659 Lord is 00:23:47.659 --> 00:23:48.319 Lord of 00:23:48.319 --> 00:23:49.519 all, and 00:23:49.519 --> 00:23:50.159 richly 00:23:50.159 --> 00:23:50.859 blesses 00:23:50.859 --> 00:23:52.019 all who 00:23:52.019 --> 00:23:52.539 call on 00:23:52.539 --> 00:23:52.839 him. 00:23:55.059 --> 00:23:55.740 It 00:23:55.740 --> 00:23:56.000 doesn't 00:23:56.000 --> 00:23:56.599 matter, he's 00:23:56.599 --> 00:23:57.019 saying, what 00:23:57.019 --> 00:23:57.619 your background 00:23:57.619 --> 00:23:58.119 is. 00:23:58.980 --> 00:23:59.699 Whether you 00:23:59.699 --> 00:24:00.359 would describe 00:24:00.359 --> 00:24:01.119 yourself as a 00:24:01.119 --> 00:24:02.079 religious person, 00:24:02.459 --> 00:24:03.099 or whether you 00:24:03.099 --> 00:24:03.599 would say you 00:24:03.599 --> 00:24:04.500 are irreligious. 00:24:04.859 --> 00:24:05.359 It doesn't 00:24:05.359 --> 00:24:05.959 matter what the 00:24:05.959 --> 00:24:06.519 colour of your 00:24:06.519 --> 00:24:07.579 skin is, or 00:24:07.579 --> 00:24:08.179 the language 00:24:08.179 --> 00:24:08.619 that you 00:24:08.619 --> 00:24:09.259 speak. 00:24:10.159 --> 00:24:10.579 Whether you 00:24:10.579 --> 00:24:11.039 were raised 00:24:11.039 --> 00:24:11.359 in a 00:24:11.359 --> 00:24:11.679 Christian 00:24:11.679 --> 00:24:12.500 home, or 00:24:12.500 --> 00:24:12.899 whether you 00:24:12.899 --> 00:24:13.480 didn't have 00:24:13.480 --> 00:24:13.899 that. 00:24:14.199 --> 00:24:14.659 Whether you 00:24:14.659 --> 00:24:15.259 are rich or 00:24:15.259 --> 00:24:15.980 poor, skilled 00:24:15.980 --> 00:24:16.819 or unskilled. 00:24:17.039 --> 00:24:17.539 Look what it 00:24:17.539 --> 00:24:18.159 says in 00:24:18.159 --> 00:24:18.779 verse 12. 00:24:19.139 --> 00:24:19.879 There is no 00:24:19.879 --> 00:24:21.079 difference between 00:24:21.079 --> 00:24:22.139 the Jew, the 00:24:22.139 --> 00:24:23.000 religious person, 00:24:23.139 --> 00:24:24.000 and the Gentile, 00:24:24.299 --> 00:24:25.039 the irreligious 00:24:25.039 --> 00:24:25.639 person. 00:24:28.240 --> 00:24:29.339 There is no 00:24:29.339 --> 00:24:30.000 difference. 00:24:30.699 --> 00:24:31.439 God makes 00:24:31.439 --> 00:24:33.240 no distinction. 00:24:33.980 --> 00:24:34.759 He has no 00:24:34.759 --> 00:24:35.539 favourites. 00:24:35.539 --> 00:24:36.879 no one person 00:24:36.879 --> 00:24:37.339 has an 00:24:37.339 --> 00:24:38.359 advantage over 00:24:38.359 --> 00:24:39.220 another person. 00:24:39.599 --> 00:24:40.279 He works 00:24:40.279 --> 00:24:41.839 salvation in 00:24:41.839 --> 00:24:42.579 each and every 00:24:42.579 --> 00:24:43.420 person in 00:24:43.420 --> 00:24:44.200 exactly the 00:24:44.200 --> 00:24:44.819 same way. 00:24:45.079 --> 00:24:45.500 Look at the 00:24:45.500 --> 00:24:46.200 second part of 00:24:46.200 --> 00:24:46.859 verse 12. 00:24:49.180 --> 00:24:50.019 The same 00:24:50.019 --> 00:24:52.079 Lord is 00:24:52.079 --> 00:24:52.960 Lord of 00:24:52.960 --> 00:24:54.460 all and 00:24:54.460 --> 00:24:55.000 richly 00:24:55.000 --> 00:24:56.500 blesses all 00:24:56.500 --> 00:24:57.559 who call 00:24:57.559 --> 00:24:58.180 on him. 00:24:59.619 --> 00:25:00.319 Salvation 00:25:00.319 --> 00:25:01.859 is available 00:25:01.859 --> 00:25:02.720 to all. 00:25:03.639 --> 00:25:04.099 How? 00:25:04.099 --> 00:25:06.039 through his 00:25:06.039 --> 00:25:06.939 riches. 00:25:07.359 --> 00:25:07.959 The riches 00:25:07.959 --> 00:25:09.000 of his 00:25:09.000 --> 00:25:09.539 grace. 00:25:10.379 --> 00:25:10.980 God doesn't 00:25:10.980 --> 00:25:11.500 have one 00:25:11.500 --> 00:25:11.899 way of 00:25:11.899 --> 00:25:12.799 working with 00:25:12.799 --> 00:25:13.539 one particular 00:25:13.539 --> 00:25:14.500 people and 00:25:14.500 --> 00:25:15.159 another way of 00:25:15.159 --> 00:25:15.659 working with 00:25:15.659 --> 00:25:16.539 somebody else. 00:25:17.119 --> 00:25:17.740 He saves 00:25:17.740 --> 00:25:18.659 all of us 00:25:18.659 --> 00:25:19.559 in exactly 00:25:19.559 --> 00:25:20.199 the same 00:25:20.199 --> 00:25:21.399 way by 00:25:21.399 --> 00:25:21.980 his 00:25:21.980 --> 00:25:22.959 grace. 00:25:24.959 --> 00:25:25.939 Now that's 00:25:25.939 --> 00:25:26.719 good news 00:25:26.719 --> 00:25:28.740 because that 00:25:28.740 --> 00:25:30.019 means if 00:25:30.019 --> 00:25:30.579 he treats 00:25:30.579 --> 00:25:31.179 and he deals 00:25:31.179 --> 00:25:31.759 with all of 00:25:31.759 --> 00:25:32.039 us in 00:25:32.039 --> 00:25:32.720 exactly the 00:25:32.720 --> 00:25:33.379 same way 00:25:33.379 --> 00:25:35.000 then we're 00:25:35.000 --> 00:25:35.640 all on the 00:25:35.640 --> 00:25:36.220 same playing 00:25:36.220 --> 00:25:36.579 field. 00:25:36.920 --> 00:25:37.559 Nobody here 00:25:37.559 --> 00:25:38.099 can feel 00:25:38.099 --> 00:25:39.640 inferior to 00:25:39.640 --> 00:25:40.480 anybody else 00:25:40.480 --> 00:25:41.059 and nobody 00:25:41.059 --> 00:25:41.619 can be 00:25:41.619 --> 00:25:42.960 superior to 00:25:42.960 --> 00:25:43.619 anybody else. 00:25:43.819 --> 00:25:44.599 We're all on 00:25:44.599 --> 00:25:44.980 the same 00:25:44.980 --> 00:25:45.700 playing field 00:25:45.700 --> 00:25:47.420 and that 00:25:47.420 --> 00:25:48.039 means that if 00:25:48.039 --> 00:25:49.039 I am a 00:25:49.039 --> 00:25:49.480 Christian 00:25:49.480 --> 00:25:51.279 then that 00:25:51.279 --> 00:25:52.099 means anybody 00:25:52.099 --> 00:25:53.920 else can 00:25:53.920 --> 00:25:54.460 become a 00:25:54.460 --> 00:25:54.839 Christian. 00:25:56.140 --> 00:25:56.700 And if 00:25:56.700 --> 00:25:57.180 God has 00:25:57.180 --> 00:25:58.119 saved you 00:25:58.119 --> 00:25:59.000 and you 00:25:59.000 --> 00:25:59.900 are trusting 00:25:59.900 --> 00:26:00.440 in Jesus 00:26:00.440 --> 00:26:00.960 Christ 00:26:00.960 --> 00:26:01.720 then that 00:26:01.720 --> 00:26:02.500 means he 00:26:02.500 --> 00:26:03.319 can save 00:26:03.319 --> 00:26:04.299 any of your 00:26:04.299 --> 00:26:05.099 friends and 00:26:05.099 --> 00:26:05.960 family too. 00:26:08.859 --> 00:26:09.819 There's only 00:26:09.819 --> 00:26:10.660 one way to 00:26:10.660 --> 00:26:11.420 experience 00:26:11.420 --> 00:26:12.180 salvation 00:26:12.180 --> 00:26:13.619 and that is 00:26:13.619 --> 00:26:14.839 through God's 00:26:14.839 --> 00:26:16.440 grace which 00:26:16.440 --> 00:26:17.160 is open 00:26:17.160 --> 00:26:18.420 to all. 00:26:21.039 --> 00:26:22.000 Now I want 00:26:22.000 --> 00:26:22.519 to finish 00:26:22.519 --> 00:26:23.940 with two 00:26:23.940 --> 00:26:24.440 things. 00:26:25.059 --> 00:26:25.519 If you've 00:26:25.519 --> 00:26:26.319 got notes 00:26:26.319 --> 00:26:27.099 the little 00:26:27.099 --> 00:26:28.519 A5 sheet 00:26:28.519 --> 00:26:29.500 they're written 00:26:29.500 --> 00:26:29.899 there, they're 00:26:29.899 --> 00:26:30.379 not on the 00:26:30.379 --> 00:26:30.980 screen but 00:26:30.980 --> 00:26:31.779 here they are, 00:26:31.839 --> 00:26:32.179 here's the 00:26:32.179 --> 00:26:32.720 first thing. 00:26:34.079 --> 00:26:34.799 If you are 00:26:34.799 --> 00:26:35.740 not yet a 00:26:35.740 --> 00:26:36.159 Christian 00:26:36.159 --> 00:26:38.679 is there any 00:26:38.679 --> 00:26:39.299 reason why 00:26:39.299 --> 00:26:39.919 you have not 00:26:39.919 --> 00:26:41.079 yet received 00:26:41.079 --> 00:26:42.299 salvation? 00:26:43.740 --> 00:26:44.500 It's an 00:26:44.500 --> 00:26:45.139 offer that 00:26:45.139 --> 00:26:45.480 has been 00:26:45.480 --> 00:26:46.679 given to 00:26:46.679 --> 00:26:47.019 you. 00:26:49.000 --> 00:26:49.759 And it 00:26:49.759 --> 00:26:50.460 says very 00:26:50.460 --> 00:26:51.059 simply 00:26:51.059 --> 00:26:52.220 that in 00:26:52.220 --> 00:26:52.819 verse 11 00:26:52.819 --> 00:26:53.599 that anyone 00:26:53.599 --> 00:26:54.639 who trusts 00:26:54.640 --> 00:26:55.460 in him 00:26:55.460 --> 00:26:56.740 will not 00:26:56.740 --> 00:26:57.340 be put to 00:26:57.340 --> 00:26:57.660 shame. 00:26:58.620 --> 00:26:59.320 There is an 00:26:59.320 --> 00:27:00.360 open invitation. 00:27:01.180 --> 00:27:01.840 You've heard 00:27:01.840 --> 00:27:02.220 it. 00:27:03.060 --> 00:27:03.560 What's 00:27:03.560 --> 00:27:04.460 stopping you 00:27:04.460 --> 00:27:05.720 from trusting 00:27:05.720 --> 00:27:06.259 in it? 00:27:10.040 --> 00:27:10.780 And the 00:27:10.780 --> 00:27:11.160 second 00:27:11.160 --> 00:27:12.580 question is 00:27:12.580 --> 00:27:12.780 this. 00:27:12.860 --> 00:27:13.580 If you are 00:27:13.580 --> 00:27:14.140 a Christian 00:27:14.140 --> 00:27:16.400 maybe you've 00:27:16.400 --> 00:27:16.980 got it into 00:27:16.980 --> 00:27:17.420 your mind 00:27:17.420 --> 00:27:17.740 that you 00:27:17.740 --> 00:27:19.060 think I've 00:27:19.060 --> 00:27:19.420 got this 00:27:19.420 --> 00:27:20.100 friend or 00:27:20.100 --> 00:27:20.700 I've got 00:27:20.700 --> 00:27:21.259 this person 00:27:21.259 --> 00:27:21.620 in my 00:27:21.620 --> 00:27:22.180 family and 00:27:22.180 --> 00:27:22.460 they're not 00:27:22.460 --> 00:27:22.780 yet a 00:27:22.780 --> 00:27:23.300 Christian and 00:27:23.299 --> 00:27:24.019 I just 00:27:24.019 --> 00:27:24.419 don't think 00:27:24.419 --> 00:27:24.619 it's 00:27:24.619 --> 00:27:25.019 possible. 00:27:27.359 --> 00:27:27.700 Well look 00:27:27.700 --> 00:27:27.940 at what 00:27:27.940 --> 00:27:28.319 it's saying 00:27:28.319 --> 00:27:28.700 here. 00:27:29.519 --> 00:27:29.879 Everyone 00:27:29.879 --> 00:27:30.539 who calls 00:27:30.539 --> 00:27:30.839 on the 00:27:30.839 --> 00:27:31.139 name of 00:27:31.139 --> 00:27:31.559 the Lord 00:27:31.559 --> 00:27:32.759 will be 00:27:32.759 --> 00:27:33.240 saved. 00:27:35.460 --> 00:27:36.180 And so 00:27:36.180 --> 00:27:37.139 chapter 10 00:27:37.139 --> 00:27:37.779 verse 1 00:27:37.779 --> 00:27:38.740 we can 00:27:38.740 --> 00:27:40.180 pray for 00:27:40.180 --> 00:27:41.000 that person 00:27:41.000 --> 00:27:42.619 trusting them 00:27:42.619 --> 00:27:43.779 into God's 00:27:43.779 --> 00:27:44.879 care and 00:27:44.879 --> 00:27:46.079 trusting him 00:27:46.079 --> 00:27:47.319 that he 00:27:47.319 --> 00:27:47.759 will do 00:27:47.759 --> 00:27:48.619 his work 00:27:48.619 --> 00:27:49.440 in their 00:27:49.440 --> 00:27:50.039 lives. 00:27:50.559 --> 00:27:51.159 So who 00:27:51.159 --> 00:27:51.579 is that 00:27:51.579 --> 00:27:52.059 person 00:27:52.059 --> 00:27:53.039 that you 00:27:53.039 --> 00:27:53.679 could be 00:27:53.679 --> 00:27:54.480 praying for 00:27:54.480 --> 00:27:55.299 that could 00:27:55.299 --> 00:27:56.419 become a 00:27:56.419 --> 00:27:56.779 Christian? 00:27:58.139 --> 00:27:59.059 So two 00:27:59.059 --> 00:27:59.579 things. 00:28:00.699 --> 00:28:01.500 If you 00:28:01.500 --> 00:28:01.799 are not 00:28:01.799 --> 00:28:02.159 yet a 00:28:02.159 --> 00:28:02.500 Christian 00:28:02.500 --> 00:28:03.259 why not? 00:28:05.299 --> 00:28:06.139 And if 00:28:06.139 --> 00:28:06.659 you are a 00:28:06.659 --> 00:28:07.000 Christian 00:28:07.000 --> 00:28:07.759 who are 00:28:07.759 --> 00:28:08.240 you praying 00:28:08.240 --> 00:28:09.579 for that 00:28:09.579 --> 00:28:10.199 could become 00:28:10.199 --> 00:28:11.179 a Christian? 00:28:13.119 --> 00:28:13.939 Let's just 00:28:13.939 --> 00:28:14.319 take a 00:28:14.319 --> 00:28:15.839 moment to 00:28:15.839 --> 00:28:16.519 reflect on 00:28:16.519 --> 00:28:18.839 that and 00:28:18.839 --> 00:28:19.579 pray through 00:28:19.579 --> 00:28:20.379 those things. 00:28:20.380 --> 00:28:20.940 let's just 00:28:20.940 --> 00:28:21.340 do that 00:28:21.340 --> 00:28:21.620 in the 00:28:21.620 --> 00:28:22.200 quietness 00:28:22.200 --> 00:28:23.060 now. 00:28:25.300 --> 00:28:26.040 If you 00:28:26.040 --> 00:28:26.400 are a 00:28:26.400 --> 00:28:26.800 Christian 00:28:26.800 --> 00:28:29.380 then pray 00:28:29.380 --> 00:28:30.100 for that 00:28:30.100 --> 00:28:30.580 person 00:28:30.580 --> 00:28:31.260 right now 00:28:31.260 --> 00:28:31.700 who you 00:28:31.700 --> 00:28:32.000 know 00:28:32.000 --> 00:28:33.540 that they 00:28:33.540 --> 00:28:33.900 too 00:28:33.900 --> 00:28:35.140 might become 00:28:35.140 --> 00:28:35.640 a follower 00:28:35.640 --> 00:28:36.220 of Jesus. 00:28:39.000 --> 00:28:39.720 And if 00:28:39.720 --> 00:28:39.980 you are 00:28:39.980 --> 00:28:40.400 not yet 00:28:40.400 --> 00:28:40.960 a Christian 00:28:40.960 --> 00:28:44.220 why not 00:28:44.220 --> 00:28:47.000 ask that 00:28:47.000 --> 00:28:47.420 you might 00:28:47.420 --> 00:28:48.200 receive 00:28:48.200 --> 00:28:49.360 salvation 00:28:49.360 --> 00:28:49.740 from 00:28:49.740 --> 00:28:50.039 him. 00:28:50.039 --> 00:29:20.019 Thank you. 00:29:20.039 --> 00:29:33.519 Father, we thank you for your word. 00:29:34.639 --> 00:29:38.119 We thank you for your generous and open invitation. 00:29:40.099 --> 00:29:44.899 We pray for your ongoing saving work in our lives 00:29:44.899 --> 00:29:48.139 and within our community. 00:29:48.140 --> 00:30:00.020 Father, give us a heart that we would continue to desire and to pray 00:30:00.020 --> 00:30:03.360 that those who we know and love 00:30:03.360 --> 00:30:07.640 would yet become followers of you. 00:30:07.640 --> 00:30:09.640 Amen. 00:30:10.640 --> 00:30:12.600 We pray this in Jesus' name. 00:30:13.900 --> 00:30:14.340 Amen.